Eric G. Bing, MD, PhD, MBA, Director of Global Health at the George W. Bush Institute and Professor at Southern Methodist University, along with...
Eric G. Bing, MD, PhD, MBA, Director of Global Health at the George W. Bush Institute and Professor at Southern Methodist University, along with Marc J. Epstein, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor of Management at Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, write in Forbes today that Angelina Jolie’s recent decision to have a preventative double mastectomy should serve as a reminder that we must look to help women in developing countries who lack access to basic medical care. This does not require new research – just a better application of existing management knowledge, practices and existing infrastructures, and scaling up smart and successful practices that are already working.
Bing and Epstein are co-authors of Pharmacy on a Bicycle, a new book about saving lives by using proven business approaches to get medical care to those who need it most – including African women at risk for cervical and breast cancer, the main focus of the George W. Bush Institutes’ global health efforts.
Read the article here.
